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Babu Catering-Takeout-Bakery
Category: Restaurants Indian Indian [Edit]
4800 Sheppard Ave EScarborough, ON M1S 4N5
Neighbourhood: Scarborough
(416) 916-8101
- Price Range:
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$
- Good for Groups:
- No
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take Away:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
10 reviews for Babu Catering-Takeout-Bakery
10 reviews in English
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Review from Laz C.
Toronto, ON
2/23/2011
Babu, you make this lady very happy!
I eat Babu take-out once a week when working in Scarborough. I always default the responsibility for ordering to my Tamil grandmothers* who tipped me onto the place a few years ago (*not biological grandmothers). Group ordering is the way to go with Babu to ensure you get the widest variety of deliciousness available.
Everything I have had from there is consistently mind-blowing, especially the Malaysian noodles and the veg. curry string hoppers. BUT really you can't go wrong, everything is good and everything is cheap. -
Review from Matthew S.
Toronto, ON
9/1/2010 ROTD 5/10/2011
Getting to Babu Catering required a 1.5 hour TTC adventure from downtown Toronto to a nondescript strip mall in the furthest reaches of Scarborough. Despite this mission I'd happily go back again right now; it's that good.
As soon as I walked in the door of Babu with my fellow adventurers we knew this was the real deal. The small, takeout only restaurant was completely packed with customers -- almost all of them Sri Lankan -- and the flow didn't stop for the entire time we were there. At least a dozen staff worked furiously behind the counter serving customers and preparing the delicious looking food on offer. The distinctive clanking sound of kothu roti being chopped up on the griddle filled the air.
The menu is quite large with North Indian, South Indian, Chinese, Malaysian, Hakka, and Sri Lankan options. Many of the curries are on display in warming trays, which makes deciding a lot easier. Other items are made to order. Vegetarian options are plentiful and excellent.
We ordered a bunch of dishes to share amongst our group. The Vegetarian Kothu Roti ($5.95) -- classic Sri Lankan fast food consisting of vegetables, roti, and spices chopped up and fried -- was the highlight of the meal.
The Hoppers are delicious bowl shaped rice flour pancakes that come plain ($.075) or with coconut milk ($1) or an egg ($1.45) in the centre.
The Vegetarian Lumprie ($6.95), while not my favourite dish, is certainly worth getting just for the experience. A heap of rice is placed on a banana leaf followed by half a dozen different vegetarian curries including mutter paneer, mushroom curry, eggplant curry, and others. The whole thing is wrapped up tight in the banana leaf and warmed up. The end result is a package or rice and curry that probably weighs 2 kilograms; it's enough food to feed five people. Although good, this was probably my least favourite dish. Some of the meat eaters in our group raved about the mutton version of this dish.
We also tried a few of the curries all of which were amazing. The naan ($1.25) was decent but I don't think it was super fresh and I have had better.
Surprisingly, none of the dishes were overly spicy. We came expecting to have our faces burned off but most dishes were actually fairly mild.
Our entire bill came to $42 including drinks. A total steal for enough delicious food to feed a small army.
Babu is takeout only but there are some grassy spots near the sidewalk. We brought our own plates and cutlery and had a picnic.Listed in: Eating The Subcontinent
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Review from Jennifer K.
Markham, ON
OK Babu! Are you trying to stuff me and make me so fat??!!
I am just trying to have something for lunch.. and for $4.50 My takeout box was packed to the max with all these spiciness goodness that I cannot stop myself from eating!
Yes the curry is spicy! Trust me if I said it is spicy, it is spicy!!
I would definitely be back for some quick, cheap, spicy spicy food!Listed in: India and Sri Lankan eateries…
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Review from RAJA S.
Scarborough, ON
10/1/2011
I bought mutton kotthu at Babu It was on saturday Night oct.1.2011.The mutton kotthu was really dry.not that much meat in their for the price I paid.no flavour at all.I didn't eat at all.The kotthu price way higher than other Srilankan restaurent.I bought Singerpore noodle on Sep 20.that was really bad too lots of egg less noodles.its looks like egg with noodles.Lots of egg mean I have no words how to explain.I through all noodles out. I never go back again.
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Review from Helen L.
Toronto, ON
10/29/2009
We wondered in here on a sunday afternoon hungry and ready to eat. We've had their takeout food (it was good!) at a friend's house from the other Babu location but we were in the mood for some snacks and not quite a meal. With the help of an employee there, we got an assortment of vegetarian items: 9 samosas, 4 of this other pastry that looks like a fried dumpling, 2 small veg rotti in the shape of a triangle. The total? Under $6! Everything was delicious and I loved the sauces they had. One was creamy and slightly spicy (maybe coconut?) The other was dark and sweet. Sorry, I am not much more help than that as I don't really have a clue what everything is called.
Best part? they deliver! 3.5 stars -
Review from Naureen H.
2/17/2010
Just finished a lunch takeout from Babus in Scar. and it was awesome! I The food is seriously spicy but in a very good way. I love Kothu Roti and was surprised when I searched for it that it actually came up in reviews. We ordered the following:
Beef Kothu
2 Chicken Tandoori Pieces
1 King Fish Fry
1 small order of Saag(Spinach)
2 Seekh Kababs
4 Naans
3 drinks
and it was more than enough for 3 people all under $30.
The food was great, really fresh and authentic tasting. Best Kothu ive ever had in take out for sure.
PS. If you are wondering what Kothu is its basically stir fried shreaded paratha with spices, onions, green chilis, choice of eggs, meat or veggies. -
Review from Jennifer C.
3/21/2011
This review is only for the sweets, but they were super sweet, fresh and creamy, just the way I like my palm sugar sweets. Judging from the other reviews, I should have made some room for some food. The clientele was all Sri Lankan, which was a good sign!
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Review from Roma M.
2/25/2010
This takeout restaurant serves bakery products, Sri Lankan desserts, Sri Lankan food, snacks, Sri Lankan style Indian and Chinese food all under one roof. You won't be disappointed with the selection, although I find some snacks to be extremely greasy and intolerably spicy. Their roti was also a little too hard and thick for my liking.
I believe one of my curried dishes was floating in oil, and when I pointed it out to my friend, it immediately became a product of a dare.
If you're in the mood for a drinking game, head out to Babu and drink every time you see oil.
Yes, it's cheap food but does that really warrant a trip to the hospital?Listed in: Blacklisted!
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Review from Amir S.
4/11/2009
Great Naan, roti (wheat bread cooked with ghee[clarified butter]) & tandoori chicken. Roti comes with spicy coconut shredding in a separate plastic bag. It's recommended that you eat it with the roti but I usually don't.
Buy naan from Babu and Chicken Makhani from Silver Spoon, which is right across the street. You will thank for it later :) -
Review from Jay J.
12/24/2009
Toronto has about 300K sri lankans, ask any one where to get the best Sri Lankan food and you will be told to go to Babu. My family drives around 400 KM from Detroit to Toronto to buy food from Babu every few months. Here you can get authentic sri lankan dishes plus Indian, Malay etc but try the crab dish (spicy and yummy) with string hoppers (Ask for Nandu, Iddiupam, Sothi and Sambol).
